Entry: möbiusizing (v.)
In context: "The wind keeps blowing the banners sideways, möbiusizing them and then straightening them back out with the loud pop of flags unfurling."
Definition: A neologism deriving from Möbius strip (n.): a surface having only one side and one edge, formed by twisting one end of a rectangular strip through 180 degrees and joining it to the other end.
Other: If a picture would help, here you go!
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 6
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, Wikipedia
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